The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-26

tTuCk LUIOuHu Will fu7 pibs'Nt 49, |
'snics are only the result OF want oil
The pressure TO do wrong is all the
troager from the feet TAFT IN our dey
he large business ho 1875 a,e swallow
ng mp the smsller-tpr voa'es dining
IN blue a IA and minBows The large
iouses underssll the small ones BE-
,suee they can afford J.. They Gao
'ford to make nothirf, or aciuaiiy
ose, On some yles Of Rooos, ssrhred
ney can make 1t up on otUers. 80,
,reat dry goods houoe goes
,ut Of Its regular limo AID
ellis books at cost, or less than
cost, and that swsmps the book
sellers; or, the dry goods house sells
ERICA brac at lowest fgpres, tina.
swsmps the small dealer in bric.a
brac. And the same thing goes on In |
other styles of merchandise, and the
Gomez quence 10 that all along the bust
ness streets, of all our cities, there are |
Of small capital who are In
terrific struggle to keep their heads
above water. The OunaIders run
down the Newfoundland fishing
smacks. This Is nothing against the
man who has the big store, for every
man has ss large store and rs great
bushes, ss he can manage. To feel
right and to do right under all this
pressure requires martyr grace, re-
quires divine support, requires celes-
tial reinforcement. Yet there are tens
cf thousands OF such men getting
splendidly through. They see others
going mp and themselves going down,
bat they keep their patience, aud
their courage, and their Christian
consistency, aud after a while their
turn Of success will come. The own
ers OF the big business will die and
their boys will get possession Of the
BUSINESS, and with q cigar In their
mouth, and full to the cnin with the
beet liquor, and behind pair of
tpsnking bays, they will pace every.
thing on the,turnpike road to temporal
and eternal perdition. Then the bust
ness will break up, and tho smallest
dealers will have fair opportunity.
Or the spirit Of contentment and right
feeling will take possession Of the
large arm, ss recently In the case Of
the great house OF A. l.. Low 4 Co..
aud the finn will say: I'VE have
enough money for al our needs, and
the needs Of our children; now let as
dissolve business, and make WY for
other men In the same line" Instead
Of bsirg startled at q solitary instance
Of magpanimity, az In the case
usl mentioned, II will become q COM
mon thing. l know OF scores OF great
business that hive had the oppor'
tunity OF vast accumulation, and
who ought to quit. But perhsps fol
ell the days OF this generation the
struggle Of small homes to keep alive
under the overehsdowing pressure o.
great houses will continue; therefore
taking things as they are, you will b,
wise opreserve your equilibrium, snt
your honesty, and your faith, anc
throw over all the counters, snC
shelveg, and barrels, and ho2,heads
and cotton bales, snd rice caskp, tn,
measuring line Of divine right. sane
the Lord raid udto me, Amos, whal
e,est thour' and / sGid, "A plumt
lins.'"
Ia the same wsy we need To meas
urs our theolosi,s. AL sorts OF relig
ions ore putiing forth their preten
fione. Some havo fplrltus is,ic relig
Tor, ana thtir chiIf work 10 Will
ghCsie, q, d Others religion Of poi'i
cal tcJbomy, proposing 10 pnt an ent
to hcmsn misery BY q new style o
taxation, and there 10 bumsnitarlai
religion that looks alter the BODY o
men and let's the soul look alter itseli
and there ie legislative religion tina
proposes TO rectify all wrongs by on
&C ment OF better laws, aud there 10 al
aesthetic religion tina, by rules Of ex
quisite taste would lift The heart on
Of lite deformi,iee, and religions Of sl
sorts, religions by the peck, religion
by the square foot, and religions b
the ton-all Of them devices Of III
devil that would tAks the nesrt ava
from the only true religion thst wi
ever eject anything for the huma
race, and that 10 the straight up.ant
down religion written In tbs boil
which begins with Gentsis and end
with Revelations, the religion NJ th
sviee, thu old religion, the God give
ieligion, the everlasting religiol
which says: Love God above all an
your neighbor az yourself" All =,
ligions but The one begid al the wrou
end and In this wrong place. The b
BILE religion demands that We frat <,
right with Gel. II begins at the 10
aud measures down, while the o.hi
religions begin At the bottom an
try 10 measure up. They stand NJ N
foot Of the wall, mp 81 tlsir knees
the mud OF humin theory an 4 spscI
lation, aud have a plummet and
string tied fast 10 II. And they thto
the plummet this wsy and break
, head there. and throw the plumm
J another way and break n head Their
and thtn tLey throw |; no aid
} comes down upon their own pa
Foolsi Why will you stand at u
, foot OF the wall measuring mp, Wit
, you ought TO stand at the top messu
, ing down? A few days seo | was
, the country. thi s,y alter q long wal
, And came In and my child "
, blowing soap bubbles. and they role
on, OF the cup blue, and aold, NJ
green, and sparkling, and beautift
; aud orbiculsr, and In 90 small atpa
never raw moro eplendor conce
, | tra,ed. But she blew once too ofIe
! and all tbs glory VANISHED into tud
. Then turned aud took glass
, ~ ain water and was refreshed. An
. 90 far as Ioul thirst Ia concerned,
put against all the glowing, glitterii
soap bubbles Of worldly reform ~
, human speculation one draught fro
the fountain from under the throne
, God, cor ~ crystal. Glory be
q I'd for the religion that drops fro
, ABOVE, rot coming mp from beneatl
"a I'd the Lord eaid unto mo, Am,
. VIVA, scest thou ? And l ssid, "A pluu
, Hoe"
/ want you n notice this fact, thi
wnen = man gives mp the srAlent u
, Gad down religion In the Bible q
. any new tangled religion, II 70 gene
AIly 10 sui, his sins, You fret he
a his alge Of religion, and th'
YOU hear OF aome swindle he h
, practlced Ia Colorado mining sioc
ielllog some one Il he W u put IN tlI
/ COO he can AXE cut 500, 700. or he Ia
, sacrificed his chastity, or plunged IN
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